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NBA FINALS Game 5 boxscore
Miller defends Durant
MILLER TIME Miami's Mike Miller (left), guarding Oklahoma City's Kevin Durant, nailed seven 3-pointers Thursday night in helping seal the NBA championship for the Heat in Game 5 of the NBA Finals. Miller only missed one 3-point attempt and finished with 23 points. His seven 3s were one shy of the finals record of eight by Boston's Ray Allen. - photo by The Associated Press

NBA FINALS

At Miami

Miami Heat 121, Oklahoma City Thunder 106

OKLAHOMA CITY (106)

     Durant 13-24 3-3 32, Ibaka 3-9 3-4 9, Perkins 1-4 0-0 2, Westbrook 4-20 11-13 19, Sefolosha 0-2 0-0 0, Harden 5-11 6-6 19, Collison 1-3 0-0 2, Fisher 4-7 0-0 11, Cook 1-2 0-0 2, Aldrich 1-1 0-0 2, Hayward 1-2 0-0 2, Ivey 2-2 0-0 6. Totals 36-87 23-26 106.

MIAMI (121)

     James 9-19 8-9 26, Battier 4-8 0-0 11, Bosh 9-14 5-5 24, Chalmers 3-6 2-2 10, Wade 7-12 6-9 20, Miller  7-11 2-2 23, Haslem 0-1 1-2 1, Cole 1-4 0-0 3, Jones 0-1 0-0 0, Howard 0-1 0-0 0, Turiaf 0-0 0-0 0, Harris 0-0 3-4 3. Totals 40-77 27-33 121.

Oklahoma City     26  23  22  35 — 106

Miami                   31  28  36  26 — 121

     Three-point goals—Oklahoma City 11-28 (Fisher 3-6, Durant 3-6, Harden 3-8, Ivey 2-2, Sefolosha 0-1, Westbrook 0-5); Miami 14-26 (Miller7-8, Battier 3-7, Chalmers 2-4, Bosh 1-1, Cole 1-2, Jones 0-1, James 0-3). Fouled Out_None. Rebounds—Oklahoma City 49 (Durant 11), Miami 48 (James 11). Assists—Oklahoma City 19 (Westbrook 6), Miami 25 (James 13). Total Fouls—Oklahoma City 29, Miami 21. Flagrant Fouls—Fisher. A—20,003 (19,600).